Michael Rühle
Biographic Data
| ID | 1061969 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Rühle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Rühle |
| SIGNATURE | RÜHLE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The rise and fall of the “McNamara line”
At the peak of the Vietnam War, US Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced the construction of an electronic anti-infiltration barrier south of the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam. By curbing the infiltration from the north, McNamara sought to end the strategic bombing campaign against North Vietnam, de-escalate the conflict and thus lay the groundwork for negotiations. However, due to numerous political, technical an…
Nato and energy security
Nato and Extended Deterrence in a Multinuclear World
Concerns about nuclear proliferation have led to a new wave of enthusiasm for far-reaching nuclear disarmament schemes. According to their proponents, the United States must take the lead in generating a new global disarmament dynamic, including withdrawing the remaining U.S. tactical nuclear weapons from Europe. Such a step will not spell the end of extended deterrence, yet its drawbacks would far outweigh its gains. While achieving little in te…
Enlightenment in the second nuclear age
Journal Article Enlightenment in the second nuclear age Get access MICHAEL RÜHLE MICHAEL RÜHLE 1Head of Speechwriting and Senior Policy Advisor in the NATO Secretary General's Policy Planning Unit Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 83, Issue 3, May 2007, Pages 511–522, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00635.x Published: 22 May 2007
Nato after Prague
I t would be an understatement to note that the last months have not been kind to the transatlantic relationship. When Iraq moved to the front burner, the transatlantic community was forced to tackle an issue that threatened to overwhelm it. As a result, the spirit of transatlantic solidarity, which was so impressively displayed after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, has faded rapidly. The United States is disappointed with what it sees as only qua…
Missile Defense for the 21st Century
(2001). Missile Defense for the 21st Century: Echoes of the 1930s. Comparative Strategy: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 221-225
Better than it sounds”
To date, plans for a comprehensive European security architecture seem to have been subordinated to the primacy of military security. The future architecture will be based more on a synergy of political processes than on a hierarchy of institutions
Why Nato will survive
NATO has proven its ability to manage the fundamental tasks determining European security. However, two common misperceptions have emerged that predict its demise. The most common fallacy, that NATO must have a clear‐cut mission to survive, ignores that even during the Cold War NATO served many functions beyond deterring Soviet aggression. Another widely held misconception is that NATO must formally expand its role to engage in out‐of‐area disput…
Partnership for Peace
Manfred Wrner, the late Secretary General of NATO, often joked that had someone told him in 1988 that only four years later he would chair meetings with the Russian or Ukrainian foreign ministers present, he would have urged that individual to immediately have his head examined.Today, meetings of this sort have become a regular feature of NATO's activities--so regular in fact that we sometimes forget how significant these changes are.Perhaps this…
Nato and the coming proliferation threat
NATO members have been intensifying their cooperation on nonproliferation policy. The January 1994 Alliance Summit established two working groups dealing with the political and military aspects of the proliferation policy. The ensuing policy framework was made public at the Istanbul NATO ministerial meeting in June. According to the author, NATO should consider an “assertive nonproliferation policy,” including: 1) defusing proliferation incentive…
The end of the armchair strategist
This article addresses the declining importance of many academic contributions to strategy. It charges segments of the “strategic community” with having displayed a misleading attachment to theoretical concepts of minor practical relevance, and of deliberately neglecting military issues. The paper concludes by arguing that the new strategic environment will lead to a revival of more traditional notions of strategy beyond deterrence, involving the…
View from Germany
Enlightenment in the second nuclear age
Journal Article Enlightenment in the second nuclear age Get access MICHAEL RÜHLE MICHAEL RÜHLE 1Head of Speechwriting and Senior Policy Advisor in the NATO Secretary General's Policy Planning Unit Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 83, Issue 3, May 2007, Pages 511–522, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00635.x Published: 22 May 2007
Nato and energy security
Nato and Extended Deterrence in a Multinuclear World
Concerns about nuclear proliferation have led to a new wave of enthusiasm for far-reaching nuclear disarmament schemes. According to their proponents, the United States must take the lead in generating a new global disarmament dynamic, including withdrawing the remaining U.S. tactical nuclear weapons from Europe. Such a step will not spell the end of extended deterrence, yet its drawbacks would far outweigh its gains. While achieving little in te…
Nato and the coming proliferation threat
NATO members have been intensifying their cooperation on nonproliferation policy. The January 1994 Alliance Summit established two working groups dealing with the political and military aspects of the proliferation policy. The ensuing policy framework was made public at the Istanbul NATO ministerial meeting in June. According to the author, NATO should consider an “assertive nonproliferation policy,” including: 1) defusing proliferation incentive…
The end of the armchair strategist
This article addresses the declining importance of many academic contributions to strategy. It charges segments of the “strategic community” with having displayed a misleading attachment to theoretical concepts of minor practical relevance, and of deliberately neglecting military issues. The paper concludes by arguing that the new strategic environment will lead to a revival of more traditional notions of strategy beyond deterrence, involving the…
View from Germany
Partnership for Peace
Manfred Wrner, the late Secretary General of NATO, often joked that had someone told him in 1988 that only four years later he would chair meetings with the Russian or Ukrainian foreign ministers present, he would have urged that individual to immediately have his head examined.Today, meetings of this sort have become a regular feature of NATO's activities--so regular in fact that we sometimes forget how significant these changes are.Perhaps this…
Nato and the coming proliferation threat
NATO members have been intensifying their cooperation on nonproliferation policy. The January 1994 Alliance Summit established two working groups dealing with the political and military aspects of the proliferation policy. The ensuing policy framework was made public at the Istanbul NATO ministerial meeting in June. According to the author, NATO should consider an “assertive nonproliferation policy,” including: 1) defusing proliferation incentive…
Why Nato will survive
NATO has proven its ability to manage the fundamental tasks determining European security. However, two common misperceptions have emerged that predict its demise. The most common fallacy, that NATO must have a clear‐cut mission to survive, ignores that even during the Cold War NATO served many functions beyond deterring Soviet aggression. Another widely held misconception is that NATO must formally expand its role to engage in out‐of‐area disput…
Better than it sounds”
To date, plans for a comprehensive European security architecture seem to have been subordinated to the primacy of military security. The future architecture will be based more on a synergy of political processes than on a hierarchy of institutions
Missile Defense for the 21st Century
(2001). Missile Defense for the 21st Century: Echoes of the 1930s. Comparative Strategy: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 221-225
Nato after Prague
I t would be an understatement to note that the last months have not been kind to the transatlantic relationship. When Iraq moved to the front burner, the transatlantic community was forced to tackle an issue that threatened to overwhelm it. As a result, the spirit of transatlantic solidarity, which was so impressively displayed after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, has faded rapidly. The United States is disappointed with what it sees as only qua…
Enlightenment in the second nuclear age
Journal Article Enlightenment in the second nuclear age Get access MICHAEL RÜHLE MICHAEL RÜHLE 1Head of Speechwriting and Senior Policy Advisor in the NATO Secretary General's Policy Planning Unit Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 83, Issue 3, May 2007, Pages 511–522, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00635.x Published: 22 May 2007
Nato and Extended Deterrence in a Multinuclear World
Concerns about nuclear proliferation have led to a new wave of enthusiasm for far-reaching nuclear disarmament schemes. According to their proponents, the United States must take the lead in generating a new global disarmament dynamic, including withdrawing the remaining U.S. tactical nuclear weapons from Europe. Such a step will not spell the end of extended deterrence, yet its drawbacks would far outweigh its gains. While achieving little in te…
Nato and energy security
The rise and fall of the “McNamara line”
At the peak of the Vietnam War, US Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced the construction of an electronic anti-infiltration barrier south of the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam. By curbing the infiltration from the north, McNamara sought to end the strategic bombing campaign against North Vietnam, de-escalate the conflict and thus lay the groundwork for negotiations. However, due to numerous political, technical an…
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